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Common Teal (Anas crecca) near Hodal, Haryana W IMG 6512
Common Teal (A. crecca), drake in nuptial plumage

Teal is a deep blue-green color; a dark cyan.

Teal gets its name from the colored area around the eyes of the common teal, a member of the duck family.

The first written use of Teal as a color name in English was in 1917.

Comparison of green, teal, blue and ultramarine

Name Color HEX Code Red Green Blue Hue Sat Lum
Green #008000 0 128 0 120° 100% 50%
Teal #008080 0 128 128 180° 100% 50%
Blue #0000FF 0 0 255 240° 100% 100%
Ultramarine (Electric Ultramarine) #3F00FF 63 0 255 255° 100% 100%

Tones of teal color comparison chart

Name Color HEX Code Red Green Blue Hue Sat Lum Source
Light Teal Blue #18A7B5 24 167 181 185° 77% 40% (Teal Blue (Crayola))
Teal #008080 0 128 128 180° 100% 25% (web color)
Teal Blue #367588 54 117 136 194° 43% 37% (Plochere Color System)
Steel Teal #5F8A8B 95 138 139 181° 19% 46% (Crayola Silver Swirls)
Teal Green #006D5B 0 109 91 170° 100% 21% (www.99colors.net)

Tones of the Teal color comparison chart

Alice Blue (web color) (Hex: #F0F8FF) (RGB: 240, 248, 255)
Light Aquamarine (Sharpie) (Pale Teal) (Hex: #EDFEFF) (RGB: 237, 254, 255)
Bubbles (Xona.com Color List) (Hex: #E7FEFF) (RGB: 231, 254, 255)
Pale Turquoise (web color) (Hex: #AFEEEE) (RGB: 175, 238, 238)
Powder Blue (web color) (Hex: #B0E0E6) (RGB: 176, 224, 230)
Light Blue (Hex: #ADD8E6) (RGB: 173, 216, 230)
Ultra Blue (Blizzard Blue) (Crayola) (Hex: #A3E3ED) (RGB: 163, 227, 237)
Pale Robin Egg Blue (Hex: #96DED1) (RGB: 150, 222, 205)
Light Keppel (Keppel Light (Xona.com color list)) (Hex: #8DDCD3) (RGB: 141, 220, 211)
Aquamarine (Crayola) (web color) (Light Teal) (Hex: #7FFFD4) (RGB: 127, 255, 212)
Aquamarine Blue (Crayola Aquamarine) (Hex: #71D9E2) (RGB: 113, 217, 226)
Baby Blue (Hex: 89CFFD) (RGB: 137, 207, 240)
Electric Blue (Hex: 7DF9FF) (RGB: 125, 249, 255)
Cyan (web color Aqua) (Hex: #00FFFF) (RGB: 0, 255, 255)
Turquoise Blue (Hex: #00FFEF) (RGB: 0, 255, 239)
Bright Turquoise (Hex: #08E8DE) (RGB: 8, 232, 222)
Turquoise (web color) (Hex: #30D5C8) (RGB: 48, 213, 200)
Maya Blue (Hex: #73C2FB) (RGB: 115, 194, 215)
Capri (web color "Deep Sky Blue") (Hex: #00BFFF) (RGB: 0, 191, 255)
Process Cyan (Pigment Cyan) (Printer's Cyan)(Deep Aqua) (Hex: #00B7EB) (RGB: 0, 183, 235)
Bright Cerulean (Crayola Cerulean) (Hex: #02A4D3) (RGB: 2, 164, 211)
Deep Turquoise (web color "Dark Turquoise") (Hex: #00CED1) (RGB: 0, 206, 209)
Robin Egg Blue (Hex: #00CCCC) (RGB: 0, 204, 204)
Medium Turquoise (web color) (Hex: #48D1CC) (RGB: 72, 209, 204)
Medium Aquamarine (web color) (Hex: #66CDAA) (RGB: 102, 205, 170)
Keppel (Xona.com color list) (Hex: #3AB09E) (RGB: 58, 176, 158)
Light Sea Green (web color) (Hex: #20B2AA) (RGB: 32, 178, 170)
Light Teal Blue (Crayola Teal Blue) (Hex: #18A7B5) (RGB: 24, 167, 181)
Water (Traditional Japanese colors) (Hex: #96ABA5) (RGB: 134, 171, 165)
Cadet Blue (web color) (Hex: #5F9EA0) (RGB: 95, 158, 109)
Viridian (Hex: #40826D) (RGB: 64, 130, 109)
Pine Green (Crayola) (Hex: #01796F) (RGB: 1, 121, 111)
Dark Cyan (web color) (Hex: #008B8B) (RGB: 0, 139, 139)
Teal (web color) (Hex: #008080) (RGB: 0, 128, 128)
Water Blue (RAL 5021) (Hex: #256D7B) (RGB: 37, 109, 123)
Teal Blue (Hex: #367588) (RGB: 54, 117, 136)
Deep Aquamrine (Dark Aqumarine) (Teal Grey) (Hex: #40827D) (RGB: 64, 130, 109)
Blue-Green (Crayola) (Hex: #0D98BA) (RGB: 13, 152, 186)
Bondi Blue (Hex: #0095B6) (RGB: 0, 149, 182)
Rich Electric Blue (Hex: #0892D0) (RGB: 8, 146, 208)
Cerulean (Hex: #007BA7) (RGB: 0, 123, 167)
Steel Blue (web color) (Hex: #4682B4) (RGB: 70, 130, 180)
Steel Teal (Hex: #5F8A8B) (RGB: 95, 138, 139)
Teal Green (Hex: #006D5B) (RGB: 0, 109, 91)
Medium Electric Blue (Hex: #035096) (RGB: 3, 80, 150)
Dark Electric Blue (Hex: #536878) (RGB: 83, 104, 120)
Midnight Green (Eagle Green) (Dark Teal) (Hex: #004953) (RGB: 0, 73, 83)
Charleston Green (Hex: #1A2118) (RGB: 26, 33, 24)

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